AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition: dual-core Phenom at the ready

[Ghostbuster]

Link HEXUS: AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition: dual-core Phenom at the ready vs Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 vs AMD X2 6000+

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THG - Phenom Recycled: Athlon X2 7000-Series : AMD Introduces Dual-Core Phenom
PCGH - Athlon X2 7750 BE: AMD-CPU mit K10-Technik (Kuma) im Test
Fudzilla - AMD Athlon X2 7750 does fine though it's no match for Intel, yet
Legit Reviews - AMD Athlon X2 7750 and 5050e Dual-Core Processor Review - Phenom Cores Make It Into Dual-Core Processors
Matbe - Athlon 7750 & 7550: les Phenom dual core
TweakTown - AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE 2.7GHz CPU – Phenom goes Dual-Core
X-bit labs - AMD Launches “Phenom X2”: AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition Review
PC Watch - ようやく登場したK10デュアルコア 「Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition」
HT4U - AMD Athlon X2 7750 und 7550 - Familienzuwachs mit "Kuma"
DriverHeaven.net -AMD Athlon 7750 Black Edition and Asus M3A78-T - Introduction
bit-tech.net - AMD Athlon X2 7750 & 7550 CPUs:
Planet 3DNow! - AMD "Kuma" - Des Athlons Neue Kleider
MadBox PC - AMD lanza Athlon X2 7000 series (Kuma)
Guru3D - AMD Athlon X2 7750 BE review

[Bobsama]

I think they need to start designing some silicon dual-core Phenoms. But even so--these chips show promise. For the price, they really can compete.

[AliG]

perhaps, but it is definitely way too late to the market, this should have been out a year ago if amd wanted to make any money off it imo. At least phenom II seems to be something good to hope for

[Spectrobozo]

they need to improve the power consumption of the k10... it's just bad, even the dual core version...
+-30w more than a 6000+ at idle is ridiculous, +- 80w more than a e5200 load is not good to, but overall not bad... a 45nm version with 6mb l2 and overclocking more....

[ColonelCain]

I think they need to start designing some silicon dual-core Phenoms. But even so--these chips show promise. For the price, they really can compete.

I feel the same. Cutting one core for tri-core can be understood, but cutting two for a dual-core is a little bit much.

[Ghostbuster]

perhaps, but it is definitely way too late to the market, this should have been out a year ago if amd wanted to make any money off it imo. At least phenom II seems to be something good to hope for

You should be probably wondering what happened to all those dies with 2 out of 4 cores were defective (from months ago)... Possibly AMD must have stockpiled them for this launch.

Another review is up at X-Bit Labs: X-bit labs - AMD Launches “Phenom X2”: AMD Athlon X2 7750 Black Edition Review this time against E5300.

[Shintai]

Power consumption is just plain bad, and I mean seriously very very bad

And performance...not exactly good either. 80$ segment.

[Rammsteiner]

Power consumption is just plain bad, and I mean seriously very very bad

And performance...not exactly good either. 80$ segment.

What do you expect from a 77 Euro CPU

IMO it's pretty nice. Nice toy in general, cheap and K10 architecture. But to be honest it's a tad late to introduce them.

However power consumption is indeed something to work on, but you can still mess around a bit with P-states and CnQ if you want it to consume less, that can make a big difference really

[Shintai]

What do you expect from a 77 Euro CPU

IMO it's pretty nice. Nice toy in general, cheap and K10 architecture. But to be honest it's a tad late to introduce them.

However power consumption is indeed something to work on, but you can still mess around a bit with P-states and CnQ if you want it to consume less, that can make a big difference really

The issue was that AMD competes so badly as they do atm.

And are you sure they didnt use CnQ?

The systems were configured in exactly the same way as during our performance tests. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep and Cool’n’Quiet 2.0 power-saving technologies were activated. The CPUs were loaded using Prime95 25.8 utility.

The 7750 is an utter joke honestly. 36W more idle and 78W more loaded than the E5300. Or about 30W more both idle and load than the X2 6000. Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

Not really sure if its an upgrade or downgrade vs the 6000....

[Rammsteiner]

The issue was that AMD competes so badly as they do atm.

And are you sure they didnt use CnQ?



The 7750 is an utter joke honestly. 36W more idle and 78W more loaded than the E5300. Or about 30W more both idle and load than the X2 6000. Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

Not really sure if its an upgrade or downgrade vs the 6000....

Why do you think I said 'mess' around with CnQ and P-states. Enabling it isnt 'messing'.

And from my pov any K10 is worth it over K8 really. As said, it aint a killer CPU, but for the money and regarding the K10 architecture, it's definately a nice toy.

If you care about power, then get a Via or something

[AliG]

I disagree, you're better off getting a fast 65nm k8 cpu instead because they consume much less power and offer close to the same performance and will cost less. This cpu is a joke, I mean come on selling something that's double rebandaged? People have on nvidia from doing that but its ok for amd? This should have never seen the market, especially this late in the game.

As I said, right now deneb seems to be the only glimpse of hope for amd since shanghai hasn't done much for them yet

[Nedjo]

Not exactly cheap in the long run is it?

pfff come one... this is desktop CPU for home machines, and price of power consumption for that kind of system is laughable!

[Rammsteiner]

I disagree, you're better off getting a fast 65nm k8 cpu instead because they consume much less power and offer close to the same performance and will cost less. This cpu is a joke, I mean come on selling something that's double rebandaged? People have on nvidia from doing that but its ok for amd? This should have never seen the market, especially this late in the game.

As I said, right now deneb seems to be the only glimpse of hope for amd since shanghai hasn't done much for them yet

You forget that nVidia named their 8-series as 9-series like it was an entirely new design. AMD basicly introduced a Phenom X2 line, that's completely different.

Also there's like a 3 Euro difference between an Athlon X2 6000+ and a Phenom X2 7750BE, to be honest that ain't a lot cheaper. As I said multiple times now, this ain't a superb CPU. It's a nice toy, and for me personally any K10 is worth it over K8.

I could ask the exact same thing, why is i7 better than C2Q while it uses more power and doesnt offer a lot more in gaming? Phenom X2 is faster clock for clock than K8, although we knew already K10 was faster than K8. But as I already said as well, it should have been launched earlier really. But well, this line will become 45nm soon enough, then it's even better

[gallag]

I could ask the exact same thing, why is i7 better than C2Q while it uses more power and doesnt offer a lot more in gaming?

Because it does not use more power on a system level and on most other things it is a lot faster?

[STaRGaZeR]

I could ask the exact same thing, why is i7 better than C2Q while it uses more power and doesnt offer a lot more in gaming?

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3

[Mr.BSEL]

One reason for the huge power consumption vs the e5200 is the 790fx chipset its using vs the e5200 p45 chipset.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...0_3.html#sect0

[Rammsteiner]

Because it does not use more power on a system level and on most other things it is a lot faster?

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

[Frodin]

One reason for the huge power consumption vs the e5200 is the 790fx chipset its using vs the e5200 p45 chipset.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu...0_3.html#sect0

The AMD chipsets are very power efficient, the 790FX uses around 10w, so it has to be something else.

[Shintai]

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

Gee...

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...spx?i=3453&p=3



Overall FASTER and LESS POWER CONSUMPTION.

[Macadamia]

lol @ using overvoltaged QX9770.
You guys NEVER read the fine print, eh?



Oh, and what about this?

[Shintai]

lol @ using overvoltaged QX9770.
You guys NEVER read the fine print, eh?



Oh, and what about this?

Where does it say it was overvolted? And now using fudzilla?

I confirmed that I didn't have a particularly low power Core i7-965 by testing multiple chips, and Intel confirmed that my QX9770 fell within the middle of its distribution for power characteristics of all QX9770s. It looks extremely probably that at the same TDP level, Nehalem has the ability to be much more power efficient than even Penryn - all without so much as a die shrink, remember that both of these CPUs are built on the same 45nm process.

[STaRGaZeR]

That ain't a C2Q by my knowledge, that's on a server based platform.

This however is, from your same link different page

Dont get me wrong, i7 looks damn nice. But funny how we crap about power consumption on K10 X2 while it seems to be allright for i7 while actually the i7 doesnt offer a lot regarding gaming.

Server platform? It's a C2Extreme QX9770 vs a Corei7Extreme 965, and C2Quad Q9450 vs a Corei7 920

You can clearly see that at "low" frequencies Nehalem is not so power efficient when gaming, but stop right there. If you use anything other than games and/or you cranck up the frequency, well you see the result. The problem with Phenom (X2, X3 and X4) is that it underperforms in almost everything, and Corei7 underperforms in almost nothing, both compared to Penryn.

And yes, I crap about Nehalem's power efficiency in games at 2,66GHz, why not. I'm not a fanboy, remember? However I'm not going to use it only in games or at 2,66GHz so...

[Ghostbuster]

lol @ using overvoltagedOh, and what about this?

As the others were sayin' Kuma is a little power hog... even undervolting it could not reduce its idle power consumption. On load doesn't look good at all...

Maybe you should provide link to the article: Fudzilla - AMD Athlon X2 7750 does fine though it's no match for Intel, yet

[Macadamia]

Where does it say it was overvolted? And now using fudzilla?

The QX9770 has a higher VID compared to other relatively low-flying, ~60W using Yorkfields.

IIRC a Q9650 used 10W less than an i7 920.




And in this case FUD is actually right. There's no possible way that the 7750 would use THAT much extra power without having a 125W TDP. But fine, since you obviously trust websites with Core i7 ads at the background... your choice.

[Hornet331]

The QX9770 has a higher VID compared to other relatively low-flying, ~60W using Yorkfields.

IIRC a Q9650 used 10W less than an i7 920.

and performes worse on most apps.

And in this case FUD is actually right. There's no possible way that the 7750 would use THAT much extra power without having a 125W TDP. But fine, since you obviously trust websites with Core i7 ads at the background... your choice.

All reviews i have seen (op) about the 7750, show that it consumes ~30W more @ stock then a X2-6000+.... so all those sites are "paid intel bumpers"?